Customizing flvPlayback component buttons

Hello folks,
I am working on a project that includes video. I am
controlling the aspects of the video using custom playback buttons.
However, I want the ability to scrub the video (forward and
back) instead of when you click the forward or back buttons, you're
not going to either the beginning or the end of the video. Think
about your DVD player-when you hit the fast forward button, you are
actually seeing the frames speeding by. Same for the rewind button.
I don't want to jump to the beginning or end.
Does that explanation make sense? If not, please let me know.
I appreciate your time and attention on this.
Kind regards,
Greg

Thank you for posting that code. I feel I'm close to getting this sorted!! I've implemented that function and get output like (the initial number is how deep the instance is in the display list):
1 instance1
2 videoPlayer
2 0
2 instance16
3 instance17
3 instance18
2 instance19
2 instance20
2 instance21
2 instance22
1 instance23
1 instance24
1 instance25
1 instance26
1 instance27
2 instance28
2 instance29
2 instance30
3 on_mc
4 instance32
5 button_mc
5 instance33
2 icon_mc
etc. etc. etc.
However, if I add a button to the skin and give it an instance name it doesn't seem to come through in the list. If I try to target any of these names (video.videoPlayer.instance17.visible = false;) I get 1119 error (Access of possibly undefined property instance17 through a reference with static type fl.video:FLVPlayback).
If i did go down the route of creating my own skin, would the code come across for the buttons and the functionality if I wanted say for example full screen. Would this be a case of just naming and setting instances correctly? Would I need to re-layout objects for full screen?
Sorry for all the questions; it just seems so complex when all I want to do is either override existing skin button code or add a new button.
Thanks for any input, Mark

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